Summer adoptions are always due by March 15.

Fall adoptions are always due by April 15.

Spring adoptions are always due by October 15.

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Please Include Everything

Incomplete adoption information slows the ordering process and can contribute to late textbook arrivals and unprepared students. Please be sure to include all of the follow information in your adoption request:

Course Abbreviation (ACTG, BIO, GENG, etc.)

Course Number

Section Number

Author

Title

Edition

ISBN

Estimated enrollment

Indicate "Required" or "Recommended"

Indicate if "No Text Is Required"

Any required course packs*

Any required school supplies

Any recommended software

Any other books or materials you would like us to make available

Whether or not you would like a digital version of the textbook made available

*Please submit your course pack order directly to the Main Copy Center: 568-2942.

Help Yourself and Your Students: Submit Your Adoptions Early

When you submit your textbook orders early you give the JMU Bookstore the information and the time we need to:

Reduce or eliminate out-of-stock situations

Correct publisher errors

Alert you to out-of-print titles and edition changes

Buy back more books from students for your class

Order more used books (when available) for your class

Choose the Way that's Best for You

There are many ways to submit your textbook adoptions. Choose the one that's best for you:

Follett Discover offers a faster, easier way to find, adopt and organize your course materials. Choose from a searchable catalog of tradition textbooks and open educational resources organized by topic. For instructions on how to incorporate open educational resources from Follett Discover into Canvas, download CIT's tutorial.

Textbook Rental:
A Lower Cost Textbook Option

The JMU Bookstore introduced the Rent-a-Text program in Fall Semester 2010. This program allows students to save up to 50% off the price of a new textbook. During the 2012 school year, JMU students saved over $1,145,000 through the Rent-a-Text program.

Give us a call at 540-568-3995 to see if your textbooks are available for rent. If your preferred book isn't on our national list we may still be able to offer it under our local rental list. If you are committed to using the book for at least 4 terms, please fill out the Rent-a-Text Faculty Commitment Form and return it to the JMU Bookstore along with your adoption.

Digital Textbooks: A New Way to Study

In response to growing market demand for digital textbooks, the JMU Bookstore will automatically adopt the digital version of any adopted textbook if a digital version is available. If for any reason you do not want your students to purchase a digital textbook for your class, you can opt out by using the Course Material Adoption Form and emailing it to textbooks@jmu.edu.

BryteWave digital textbooks offer new ways to collaborate while studying. With BryteWave textbooks, students can still highlight and make notes as they would with traditional textbooks but they can also share notes with their professor and other students online.

Visit BryteWave.com for more information and to see what titles are available.